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Sparks fly: Council votes to remove Champlain monument from park
OrilliaMatters
26Well done everyone involved in reinstituting democracy and process, and listening to Huron-Wendat and Rama First Nation
17- Peter Fyfe
Campbell says councillors will have blood on their hands if someone gets hurt at Orillia park
OrilliaMatters 5It's a road too close to children at the beach...and too often any serenity being in the park is broken by the continuous traffic. And it's weird and spirit breaking, who goes to a park for the drive? Get out and walk!
17- Peter Fyfe
City council meeting: Monday is D-Day for Champlain Monument
OrilliaMatters 9First, Rama's use of the term "De-reconciliation" should be respected for what it means, and how clearly it has been stated. Secondly, this is an ill conceived 'solution' to dilemma of HOW to reinstall the sculpture (a WALL behind the indigenous figures would represent a barrier, a prison AND a divide!). And thirdly, such an expensive project destined to fail as ineptly conceived, is just bad timing.
- Peter Fyfe
It won't be cheap: City vows to eliminate ‘very poor’ roads, sidewalks within 4 years
OrilliaMatters 6"...the tax increase strategy created by the mayor's budget veto still results in future councils having to deal with base tax increases..." In other words, the mayor's 'fiscal restraint' won't save money, it just moved the bill down the road, because the underlying spending pressures didn't also disappear — staff costs, infrastructure, debt servicing, contracted services — and the gap between what the city actually needs and what it's collecting in taxes is just growing
1- Peter Fyfe
Parents raise concerns over redesign of popular Orillia park
OrilliaMatters 5City of Orillia, Parks Department strikes again
2- Peter Fyfe
Council to consider reimagined Champlain Monument on Monday
OrilliaMatters 4Done well, it's a tourist draw and a cultural anchor point. Done awkwardly, yeah it could be an expensive trap that drives up high maintenance, begs to be reworked again, and draws attention to all the other things not done. And it seems to bypass Reconciliation
- Peter Fyfe
Two First Nations, association 'not prepared to support' geopark
OrilliaMatters 1Broad consultation of First Nations is so important, and takes time and patience, and perhaps offers of compensation for that time and the inherent exhaustion that can result
2- Peter Fyfe
Parents raise concerns over redesign of popular Orillia park
OrilliaMatters 2It's not always what they do but how they do it
1- Peter Fyfe
'Much is lost': Curtain closing on locally produced plays in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 3“In plain terms, there will be no impact to the patrons,” said Michael Ladouceur, director of business development, tourism and modernization. What a foolish, oblivious thing to say.
- Peter Fyfe
'Much is lost': Curtain closing on locally produced plays in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 3Not a lot of love for culture, down at city hall these days, period.
- Peter Fyfe
Local farm stand owner shaken after vandal targets security camera
OrilliaMatters 2If they can afford spray paint, they can afford to buy the produce
- Peter Fyfe
Council to consider reimagined Champlain Monument on Monday
OrilliaMatters 2As for the actual design, the wall is a wall, and all the associations that go with that (barrier, fortress, divide, shelter, etc). And the Champlain figure goes from having a commanding, colonialist stance (not good), to a lurking 'monster' (possibly worse). Lots of awkward, not much elegance or reconciliation
- Peter Fyfe
'Broken system' leaves Ramara landlords to foot bill for tenants trashing their home
OrilliaMattersWhen Mayor Clarke says, "I'll be honest, the feds and the province have really dropped the ball on these rental agreements...", it's a bit of a fabrication to spread the blame to include the feds. It's 100% a provincial failure to fund the tribunal system, leading to no enforcement of its own laws.
1- Peter Fyfe
Council to consider reimagined Champlain Monument on Monday
OrilliaMatters 1WHO did the actual design work??
- Peter Fyfe
'Broken system' leaves Ramara landlords to foot bill for tenants trashing their home
OrilliaMattersI assume people understand blaming Trudeau for Doug Ford's ineptitude is sarcasm
1- Peter Fyfe
Orillia teen overcomes doubts, getting cut to find new life in hockey
OrilliaMattersSunday's game, Fergus Whalers won 4-3
- Peter Fyfe
Cloud Gallery draws people to Orillia's 'beautiful arts community'
OrilliaMatters"There are a lot of resources still in town where you can do more hobby-level art classes and things like that..." Where are all these "hobby-level" art classes? And who exactly are all the "next-level" art 'students' that are trapped taking "hobby-level art classes"?
- Peter Fyfe
Orillia Opera House unveils 'exciting' summer season lineup
OrilliaMattersDidn't we used to have locally produced shows in the summer in Orillia?
- Peter Fyfe
Orillia man left speechless after winning Soldiers' 50/50 jackpot
OrilliaMattersMicheal Stevens wins big, but he still deserves better. What a meh photo
- Peter Fyfe
REVIEW: Pedro Pascal shines in the mediocre Mandalorian and Grogu
SooTodayWhat a pedantic, childish review, which is ironic given that it's a kids film, not Godfather. Entertaining, great fun, and better than even the best TV episodes. I'm still smiling days later.
- Peter Fyfe
